I'm not keen on the Internet. I don't trust it.

- Amanda Eliasch

My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop record, they would tell me to turn it off, so I only listen to classical.

- Amanda Eliasch

Sometimes I think I've been too honest, and other times, too explicit.

- Amanda Eliasch

Part of me is very shy.

- Amanda Eliasch

My marriage started to go badly wrong after I had my second son.

- Amanda Eliasch

Most of the friends you trust are those you've known for 10 years.

- Amanda Eliasch

In real life you are doomed if you believe in youth and money, but not here in Hollywood. Nothing is what it seems.

- Amanda Eliasch

In L.A., you seem to meet only one sort of person.

- Amanda Eliasch

If I could only have cash, I know that I would spend very little.

- Amanda Eliasch

If I can't be happy, nobody can be happy.

- Amanda Eliasch

I'm learning to deal with my loneliness because then nobody can muck me around any more.

- Amanda Eliasch

I wasn't very ambitious. I really wanted to get married.

- Amanda Eliasch

I like to be free.

- Amanda Eliasch

I like my privacy, and my personal bank manager is one of my favourite people.

- Amanda Eliasch

I don't think I've ever come to terms with not having had a father around, and that's why I made so many mistakes with men.

- Amanda Eliasch

Every woman has, for her own self-esteem, to work or have a major interest.

- Amanda Eliasch

All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I've always lacked confidence in the kitchen.

- Amanda Eliasch

Tinseltown is eerily silent when The Oscars, The Emmys and The Grammys, The Sag Awards, and The Golden Globes aren't in full swing.

- Amanda Eliasch

There is superficiality to Hollywood, and yes, it is charming. Of course there is sunshine, but there is also a dark side. It's a difficult place if you don't know people, and if you can't drive, you will find it lonely. You have to create your own bubble.

- Amanda Eliasch

Everything is for sale in Hollywood; the fairy tale, the costume, the pumpkin, the footman and the mice.

- Amanda Eliasch